Comparison

AcreTrail vs Barn2Door

Both manage farm orders. They're built for different farms. Here's an honest, side-by-side look at where each one fits best.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

The short version

Choose AcreTrail if

✓ You run a weekly delivery route or herd share, not a storefront
✓ You want simple monthly pricing with no setup fees or annual contracts
✓ You want your customers to use a custom-branded app, not a generic farm marketplace
✓ You're a small or mid-size farm under 500 customers
✓ You manage made-to-order or custom cuts alongside regular orders

Choose Barn2Door if

✓ You sell across multiple channels (online storefront, farmers market POS, wholesale price sheets)
✓ You need advanced CSA features like pro-rata mid-season billing
✓ You rely on integrations like Routific (delivery routing), Mailchimp, or QuickBooks
✓ You want a custom-built website with built-in e-commerce, not just a customer-ordering app

At a glance

Where the two platforms overlap, where they don't.

Feature	AcreTrail	Barn2Door
Weekly delivery route management	✓	✓
Pickup location management	✓	✓
Order cutoff enforcement	✓	✓
Online payments (Stripe)	✓ Included on all plans	✓
Customer-facing branded mobile app	✓ Pro plan, App Store + Play Store	No, customers use web storefront
Farmer POS app (farmers market / on-farm sales)	No	✓ iOS + Android
Herd share program management	✓	Subscriptions only
Made-to-order / custom cuts queue	✓	Workaround
Built-in farm website / online storefront	No, app focuses on existing customers	✓
Farmers market POS	No	✓
Wholesale / B2B portal	No	✓
Broadcast messaging (SMS / push)	✓	✓
Tipping	✓	No
Customer waitlist + admin approval	✓	Open signup
Free trial	✓ 30 days, no credit card	Demo only, no self-serve trial
Contract terms	Monthly, cancel anytime	Monthly or annual (annual saves 17-25%)
Setup fee	None	$399 - $599 depending on plan

Pricing

The biggest practical difference between the two.

AcreTrail

Monthly subscription, no setup fee, no annual commitment.

Starter — up to 100 customers $9/mo
Standard — unlimited customers, custom domain $29/mo
Pro — branded App Store app, analytics $59/mo

All plans include a free 30-day trial with no credit card. SMS overage at $0.02/msg above plan limits.

Barn2Door

Monthly or annual, plus a one-time setup fee.

Entrepreneur — part-time / hobby farms $99-119/mo
+ $399 setup
Business — full-time family farms $129-159/mo
+ $499 setup
Scale — high-volume operations $239-299/mo
+ $599 setup

Lower price is annual, higher is month-to-month. Add-ons: Marketing Toolkit $39/mo, Custom Logo $499 one-time. Confirm current pricing at barn2door.com/pricing.

First-year cost example, full-time family farm: AcreTrail Standard runs $348/year ($29 × 12, no setup fee). Barn2Door Business at the annual rate runs $2,047/year ($129 × 12 + $499 setup). The gap narrows when you need Barn2Door's storefront, marketplace integrations, or farmers market POS — and widens when you don't.

Switching from Barn2Door to AcreTrail

Most farms can move over in a weekend. We import your customer list and product catalog from a CSV export, you set your delivery schedule and pickup locations, and your customers get an invite to the new app. We're a small team and we'll personally walk you through it.

Common reasons farms move:

→ Wanting a simpler tool that doesn't require an annual commitment
→ Wanting their own branded mobile app for customers, not a shared marketplace
→ Needing herd share or made-to-order workflows that aren't a first-class feature elsewhere
→ Reducing monthly cost on a small farm where the larger platform's features aren't being used

See AcreTrail in action

Try our live demo or start a free 30-day trial. No credit card. We'll have your farm's branded app live within 24 hours.

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